By Alesha Capone
A Hoppers Crossing husband and wife are planning to renovate their house after winning more than $444,000 in the weekend’s TattsLotto draw.
The lucky winners held one of the 10 division one winning entries from Saturday’s draw. Each entry took home a prize worth $382,311.53.
As well as scoring the division one prize, the couple also scored division two six times, division three 18 times, division four 90 times and division five 60 times, boosting their total prize to $444,418.43.
Speaking to Tatts official this morning, the wife – who asked not to be named – said she and her partner “were just standing in our kitchen” when they found out about their win on Sunday.
“I had jotted down the numbers on Saturday night but hadn’t checked our tickets yet,” she said.
“My husband saw them and said, ‘Are these the TattsLotto numbers?’ and when I told him, ‘Yes’, he said, ‘Those are the numbers I play every week’.”
“I quickly grabbed my phone and scanned the ticket on the app and that’s when we saw that we had all of the winning numbers.
“They are the numbers we’ve played for years and years. They are a mix of birthdays and other favourite numbers.
“We didn’t do anything to celebrate afterwards though, it was off to work as normal.”
When asked how they planned to enjoy their TattsLotto windfall, the woman said she had already called some tradies to get quotes for a renovation.
“We’ve already called the tiler and the plasterer as we are desperate to renovate our house,” she said.
“We’ve got a lot of things to do around the house but once they are done, we’ll be able to sit back, relax and enjoy it.
“We might even take the kids out bush for a holiday afterwards.”
The regular players purchased their System 10 marked entry from Super Lotto, at Hogans Shopping Centre in Hoppers Crossing.
Super Lotto owner John Falduto said he was very excited his outlet had sold its first division one winning entry since he took over the business.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to have sold a division one winning entry,” he said.
“I’ll be decorating the store in celebration and telling all of our customers. They will be very happy for us and the winner.
“The last time the outlet sold a division one winning entry was six years ago, and we’ve sold over 10 division one winning entries since the store has been open.
“Congratulations to our winners. We hope this win fills their lives with joy and happiness.”
